Cordoaria Nacional
38°41′51″N 9°11′25″W / 38.6975°N 9.1903°W The Cordoaria Nacional was a former naval rope-making factory in
History
The building of the factory, created by an order of the
The factory consisted of two parallel buildings of 353.30 meters, the length being necessitated by the rope production process. The building to the south was used for the twisting of ropes to make different types of cables, while that to the north was used for spinning of linen, among other activities. All work was undertaken by hand, with the assistance of hand-operated machines. Workers included blind people, war veterans and even prisoners.[2]
The building has been subject to several changes as a result of fires in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries and the restructuring necessary to convert it to a museum, as well as by the opening of a road and railway between it and the river, It ceased to function as a factory only in 1998 and is now used as a space for rotating exhibitions.[2]
References
- ^ "Cordoaria Nacional". Camara Municipal de Lisboa. Retrieved 27 November 2018.
- ^ a b c "Cordoaria Nacional - Nave da Cocha". Museu de Marinha. Retrieved 27 November 2018.